Connecticut western news., 1887-12-21

AN INDICATOR GUIDING SHOPPERS SEEKING
 HOLIDAY GOODS.

AN INDICATOR GUIDING SHOPPERS SEEKING
 HOLIDAY GOODS.
 From the Bridgeport Standard.l
 CONCLUDED FROM LAST WEEK.
 of colored plushes, satins, and velvets for trimming holiday work, picture frames the examples being new and nov el. Also the same materials in greater variety for dress trimmings and combi- nation suits The colored and black dress fabrics are numerous enough to suggest that some great wholesale house has been purchase for this seasons trade These embrace all the genteel shades and textures, majority of them being entirely new in this market Much is doing among small furs and fur trim Aings, such as seal, bear, black martin for muffs, and furs for all purpose Dress silks, particularly regattas and guinets are offered on scale more ex- tenslve than ill any former year. These, but especially gros grain, are growing more and more In favor. Several new consignments just out of the customs house here, add to the silk department 8 variety 1t never before possessed. Its transactions in seal garments have been large this year, and will be augmented as the holidays near The silk plush garments on the hooks have been called down till what remain are simply sampl- es of the grand stock of those goods as 1t was when the autumn trade opened. The same can be said of cloaks, in other heavy materials. The rule hitherto fol- lowed by this firm waiting till after the holidays before making reductions on garments will be departed from this year, and line of beautiful heavy ready made cloaks, each garment an example representing the beauties of the line to which 1t belongs, some 125 in number, will be offered to the ladies for Christ mas presents at one-tifth their former prices. In company with these will be offered new ready made garment call ed the English walking coat, a compro- mise between a jacket and sacque-a very popular shape and sucn an one as fashionable young ladies will wisely scan before deciding what garment to choose. The figures for all these are in the form of casn sacrifice, and while the goods are absolutely perfect and will bear closest inspection, prices will be adhered to for the sake of making room for other goods waiting to take 
 department 1t Is necessary to pass the dress silk counter of which an addition al word should be said. Assured that there is likely to be rise in the price of imported silks in the near future the firm ordered from abroad tull lines of all the favorite makes and will be able to offer them till after the New Year at prices ruling through the season just closed. All desirable articles for holiday gifts in plush, leather, fancy gilt, ma, be found and these to choose from with ten thousand steel engravings and nursery books and the thousands of little novelties for s DC sing filling, form d display which makes Christmas almost fact before 1t gets here. For the jo. of good little girls there will be offered l miniature sewing machines complete in all their parts -machiues that will ac- tually do good sewing. These will make her very happy when she awakes Christ mas morning The down stairs part of the store displays full lines of Turkoma., :, Swiss and all the favorite lace curtains selected specially for this season. All the housefurnishing articles rugs, and Chinese silk wares, some of them novel, ties, any one of them worthy of accept ance as a present, ,an be found. Tn s year as in the past Hall X Co., are headquarters for silk umbrellas their stock embracing the highest priced ele- gant article, the intermediate and lowest The cardinal points therefore have a world Of meaning, and while not 8 word has been said about cbi!dren's, ladies' and indeed gentlemen $ all linen hand kerchiefs, kid gloves of all foreign makes for both sexes, and d host of other desirable things, all these arerincludeu and may be found Hall & Go. have set out to make the coming Christmas d merry one.